Sis has regular date nights with her boyfriend. He comes over, they cook dinner, and spend the evening with Sproglet. Apparently one night recently, SBF was joking around by tossing a paperback at Sis. Sproglet pointed at him and screamed "NO! 'SPECT BOOKS!"

You see, when she's throwing a tantrum and wanting to throw books or when she's wanting to draw on them, her mommy comes over and gently reprimands her, "No, honey, we respect books."

I am not allowed to mention this story in front of SBF. Apparently it's a bit embarassing to be reprimanded by a toddler for something so basic.

I love it!

I also have a fun toddler story. 2yo DD is toilet training and is not always successful in her endeavors. This morning I took DD into the bathroom and discovered she had already had an accident. She looked down in shock and exclaimed "Mom! BabyBrother put poop in my panties!" I was trying not to laugh as I explained that it wasn't Baby, it was her. She got the most serious expression on her little face and said, "No Mommy. My potty go in da toilet. All the times."

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In the United States today, there is a pervasive tendency to treat children as adults, and adults as children. The options of children are thus steadily expanded, while those of adults are progressively constricted. The result is unruly children and childish adults. ~Thomas Szasz

I was tucking my son in bed last night. He likes to have "eyes" (press our eyes together), "nosies" (rub noses), kisses and hugs. He gave me a hug and a kiss, and said very seriously, "Now let me think about nosies." He thought a moment and finally decided nosies would be acceptable. He then said, in the same serious tone, "Let me think about eyes." After a moment of reflection he declared "I suppose we can have eyes." It killed me!

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"From a procrastination standpoint, today has been wildly successful."

We've been teaching DD (going on 14 months) sign language, and she's really starting to figure it out these days. Yesterday she figured out that making the "milk" sign gets her milk at meals and snacktime. At dinner last night, she asked for her milk and drank the last bit, so DH went to refill the cup. She made the sign again while he was doing that, so I said, "Just one minute and you can have your milk back," knowing she probably didn't understand what I was saying. To my surprise, she stopped making the sign and just looked calmly at me.

Then she started frantically making the sign with both hands. Either she didn't understand after all, or she did but didn't care because MILK MILK MILK MILK MILK!

My son and two of his friends were playing at the park yesterday, kicking around a ball. The ball rolled under a tree (a single, lone, ornamental tree that didn't obscure our view of the ball at all). One of the boys came to me, saying "oh no! The ball rolled into the woods!" Cue the next boy chiming in, "That's not the woods, silly. It's the forest."

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Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not. - Uncle Iroh

DD is almost 3 and loves small dolls, figurines, etc. She loves grouping them as Daddy, Mommy, Baby. She has a 4 inch tall dinosaur and a 4 inch tall mini Barbie (Happy Meal Toy) who are "Husband and Wife"Last night she was rummageing through the toy box and found the dinosaur:DD: Hey! Where's your Wife!

As an aside, the happy couple have a "son" a large plastic egg that has a dinosaur head bobbing out of it, looks like it's hatching.

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"Oh people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that" - Homer Simpson

DD is almost 3 and loves small dolls, figurines, etc. She loves grouping them as Daddy, Mommy, Baby. She has a 4 inch tall dinosaur and a 4 inch tall mini Barbie (Happy Meal Toy) who are "Husband and Wife"Last night she was rummageing through the toy box and found the dinosaur:DD: Hey! Where's your Wife!

As an aside, the happy couple have a "son" a large plastic egg that has a dinosaur head bobbing out of it, looks like it's hatching.

Overheard at soccer practice: Dad to daughter, who is on playground: "You need to tuck your shirt in if you're going to hang upside down." Boy: "But *I* don't have to do that, right, Dad?" Dad: "Yes, you do, too." Boy: "But why?" Dad: "Because nobody wants to see your belly button!" Boy: "I do! I want to see my belly button!" Dad: "Then you can look at it tonight for 15 minutes while you're in the shower. Other than that, keep it covered."

Overheard at soccer practice: Dad to daughter, who is on playground: "You need to tuck your shirt in if you're going to hang upside down." Boy: "But *I* don't have to do that, right, Dad?" Dad: "Yes, you do, too." Boy: "But why?" Dad: "Because nobody wants to see your belly button!" Boy: "I do! I want to see my belly button!" Dad: "Then you can look at it tonight for 15 minutes while you're in the shower. Other than that, keep it covered."

Good for Dad! I was always very resentful that Brother got to run around without a shirt in the summer, but *I* always had to wear a shirt. Geez, when you're 6 years old it's not like there's anything there to show off!

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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~It's true. Money can't buy happiness. You have to turn it into books first. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~